United States
Following a nearly 30-year career at NASA, I have the unique privilege of leading more than 23,000 Lockheed Martin Space team members in our highest mission – to bring people home safe. Together, we leverage our legacy mission experience and challenge ourselves to do things differently and help transform the space industry with the speed and scale our customers need to protect, connect, and explore our country, our world, and beyond. Become part of the mission and join our out-of-this-world team at Lockheed Martin Space: https://www.lockheedmartinjobs.com/space
As the senior career civil servant, develops Agency strategic direction, budget planning and daily execution of NASA’s $19.3 billion annual budget, comprised 17,500 employees, 5 mission areas and 10 geographically dispersed field centers. Collaboratively develops and advocates to the White House, Congress, and other stakeholders for budget support of Agency priorities. Directs and manage day to day performance of the Agency, including reviewing center and mission performance to plan. Approves key programmatic life cycle decision points for complex missions with life cycle costs exceeding $1B. Initiates actions to address deficiencies and improve performance across all these segments. Ensure NASA’s has effective/efficient workforce and infrastructure planning to meet the 21st century challenges Key Accomplishments: • Developed a new operating model for integrating Agency long term mission area plans, assessing strategic sourcing, and informing strategic workforce and infrastructure planning. • Secured full funding for NASA’s commercial space program, life extension of the International Space Station, the adoption of a budget initiative to develop next generation “X-planes”, and groundbreaking science missions to other planets such as Jupiter and Mars. • Instituted an Enterprise Risk Management integrated risk environment and develop mitigation solutions at Agency/corporate level. • Shifted NASA’s Acquisition Strategy approach to optimize around corporate level strategy. • Developed and executed an Agency wide effort to address duplications and gaps of both technical capabilities and business services to ensure efficiency while maintaining effectiveness – an effort recognized by the White House and Congress as a best practice in “good government” • Led NASA as it has been named the best place to work in government for 5 years in a row.
Led one of NASA’s largest field centers, with a workforce of roughly 2500 employees and annual budget of $2.8B, to execute a broad range of propulsion, scientific and space transportation efforts.
Support the Center Director in leading and managing the day to day operations of Marshall Space Flight Center
Lead the preparations for flight and test for all the shuttle propulsion hardware in support of the Space shuttle program. Overall responsibility for the External Tank, Space Shuttle Main Engines, Solid Rocket Motor and Booster hardware. Served as Deputy Shuttle Program Manager to the Program Manager in Houston.
Led the Return to Flight efforts in Washington DC following the Columbia accident. This included being the primary interface between the Space Shuttle Program and NASA HQ. Key efforts included presenting and advocating the budget requests to OMB and Congress. Also, in 2004, following the announcement that the Space Shuttle would be retired in 2010, led the initial transition planning for that effort as the initial Shuttle Transition Manager.